You kind of remind me of myself. To tell u the truth- it sounds exactly like myself. I've lost close to 5 years in academics cause I had to repeat some years because I couldn't clear my exams. I don't know about the U.S. system but in India if you cannot clear a year you don't go to the next year. You reappear for the exams you failed in. You get 2 exam attempts a year.
I quit formal education after finally clearing my 12th- kind of like completing High School in America. The years where I did clear my exams at my 1st attempt it was always passing out on the borderline. Last minute dont-sleep-at-all and-cram-everything-u-can sessions.
At this point schools/formal education scare the hell out of me. I don't think I'm ever going back.
Currently I've been diagnosed with ADHD and depression. Its not all sunshine and honey now, but I am much better than before. I believe that if I had received my diagnosis as a kid I could've done much better.
You might want to get yourself checked for learning disorders.
(Please let us not argue on the ADHD drugs n stuff. If anyone wants to discuss it then plz create another thread and not hijack this one.)
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